Friendly League

Stadio Teodorano
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gerasim Kaymakanov got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Club Athletico Paulistano's goal looked a bit too open when Narciso Rosalio came free, but Acácio Lara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th minute, Ezequiel Mineiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute Arnaldo de Sena shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Baldassarre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes in the game, Claudinho Almeida dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 13th minute of the match, Gerasim Kaymakanov got a very nice opportunity to score, but Acácio Lara was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gerasim Kaymakanov got free with Acácio Lara in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 21 minutes into the game, Fabinho dos Santos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Alfonso Baldassarre was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 23 played minutes Club Athletico Paulistano got a freekick which was hit by Arnaldo de Sena. Through an outstanding action, after 24 minutes, Acácio Lara successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Dino Verdecchia made in the 29th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Richard Häll. Dino Verdecchia hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Gerasim Kaymakanov's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Acácio Lara firmly grabbed it by the left post. Alfonso Baldassarre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabinho dos Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabinho dos Santos scored 0-2 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alfonso Baldassarre, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fabinho dos Santos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fabinho dos Santos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alfonso Baldassarre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnaldo de Sena in the 54th minute of play. A collision led to UNLIMITED getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. José Paulo Junior hit a great ball. Acácio Lara stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Narciso Rosalio's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Narciso Rosalio sped through Club Athletico Paulistano's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Acácio Lara. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinho Almeida in the 62nd minute of play forced Club Athletico Paulistano's goalkeeper Acácio Lara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Acácio Lara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerasim Kaymakanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. A collision led to UNLIMITED getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Dino Verdecchia hit a great ball. Alfonso Baldassarre made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fabinho dos Santos in the 69th minute. Fabinho dos Santos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Alfonso Baldassarre made a huge save. In the 72nd minute Club Athletico Paulistano were awarded a corner. Saad Dar went to the cornerflag to take it. UNLIMITED's Alfonso Baldassarre proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save UNLIMITED from getting a goal against them. Club Athletico Paulistano's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Saad Dar in the 76th minute. A nice corner shot did that Saad Dar got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alfonso Baldassarre quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Acácio Lara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerasim Kaymakanov in the 81st minute of play. With a little luck, UNLIMITED's Alfonso Baldassarre got control of the ball when Fabinho dos Santos tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 86th minute, Dino Verdecchia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to UNLIMITED getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Dino Verdecchia hit a great ball. After having played for 88 minutes, Fabinho dos Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Club Athletico Paulistano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fabinho dos Santos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fabinho dos Santos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alfonso Baldassarre came out and tried to block the shot, but Fabinho dos Santos slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 93rd minute. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see UNLIMITED lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.